Broncho Billy Anderson (March 21, 1880 – January 20, 1971) was an American actor, writer, director, and producer, who is best-known as the first star of the Western film genre. March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Broncho Billy Anderson, from The Great Train Robbery The Western movie is one of the classic American film genres. ...

Broncho Billy Anderson

He was born Max H. Aronson to a Jewish family in Little Rock, Arkansas (some sources say Pine Bluff). Raised in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Anderson worked as a photographer's model and newspaper vendor before drifting into acting. He performed in vaudeville before joining forces with Edwin S. Porter as an actor and occasional script collaborator. www. ... www. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... There is also a Littlerock, California. ... State nickname: The Natural State Other U.S. States Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Governor Mike Huckabee Official languages English Area 137,732 km² (29th)  - Land 134,856 km²  - Water 2,876 km² (2. ... Pine Bluff is a city located in Jefferson County, Arkansas. ... Vaudeville is a style of theater, also known as variety, which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... Edwin S. Porter (April 21, 1869 - April 30, 1941) was an influencial early film pioneer, originally from Scozia, Italy. ...

In Porter's early motion picture The Great Train Robbery (1903), Anderson played several roles. Afterwards, he began to write, direct, and act in his own Westerns. Using the stage name Gilbert Anderson, he became the first cowboy star of movies through a large collection of silent shorts in which he was known as "Broncho Billy." For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... The Great Train Robbery may refer to: a real event: The Great Train Robbery took place near Linslade in the United Kingdom in 1963 a film: The Great Train Robbery as directed by Edwin S. Porter in 1903. ... See also: 1902 in film 1903 1904 in film years in film film Events The Great Train Robbery, by Edwin S. Porter The Magic Lantern / La Lanterne magicue, produced by Georges Méliès What Happened in the Tunnel Births January 18 - Werner Hinz, actor (d. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ...

In 1907, he and George K. Spoor founded Essanay Studios, one of the predominant early movie studios. Anderson gained enormous popularity in a series of hundreds of Western shorts, playing the first real cowboy hero, "Broncho Billy." 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... George K. Spoor (1872-1953) was an early film pioneer who opened with Bronco Billy Anderson the historic Essanay Studios which was responsible for establishing stars such as Charlie Chaplin. ... Essanay Studios was a motion picture company founded in Chicago, Illinois by George K. Spoor and Bronco Billy Anderson under the name Essanay (S and A). It produced silent films with such stars as Ben Turpin, Wallace Beery, Francis X. Bushman, Gloria Swanson and Charlie Chaplin. ... A movie studio is a location, room, building, or group of buildings and/or sound stages, offices and storage facilities, which may include a backlot, where movies are made. ...

Writing and directing most of these movies, Anderson also found time to direct a series of "Alkali Ike" comedy Westerns starring Augustus Carney. In 1916, Anderson sold his ownership in Essanay and retired from acting. He returned to New York, bought the Longacre Theatre and produced plays, but without permanent success. He then made a brief comeback as a producer with a series of shorts with Stan Laurel, but conflicts with the studio, Metro, led him to retire again after 1920. 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Arthur Stanley Jefferson (1890-1965) is better known as comedian Stan Laurel. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...

He resumed producing movies, as owner of Progressive Pictures, into the 1950s, then retired again. In 1958, he received an Honorary Academy Award as a "motion picture pioneer," for his "contributions to the development of motion pictures as entertainment." Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Academy Honorary Award is given irregularly to celebrate achievements that are not covered by the competitive awards. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...

In his seventies, Anderson came out of retirement for a cameo role in The Bounty Killer (1965). 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

He died in 1971 at the Motion Picture & Television Country Home and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. He was cremated and his ashes are stored in the vault at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles. 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Woodland Hills is a community within the City of Los Angeles. ... Chapel of the Pines Crematory at 1605 South Catalina Street in Los Angeles, California is located near the Angelus Rosedale Cemetery. ... Griffith Observatory and the Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ...

Anderson was honored posthumously in 1998 with his image on a U.S. postage stamp. In 2002, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This article lists people who have been featured on stamps of the United States. ... The Hall of Great Western Performers is a Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. ... The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum was established in 1955 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. ... The State Capitol of Oklahoma Looking at Downtown Oklahoma City The Flag of Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (sometimes abbreviated as OKC) is the capitol and largest city of the state of Oklahoma in the United States of America. ...

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1651 Vine Street in Hollywood. A small part of the Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of celebrities honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce... For other uses, see Hollywood (disambiguation) Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the City of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that runs from about Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to...

See also

• Other notable figures in Western films

Notable figures in Western style motion pictures and/or television series some of whom have been voted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. ...

External links

• IMDB entry for Anderson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001908/)